42-31225

Scheherazade

No. 42-31225, a B-17G-10-BO, built by
Boeing at the Seattle plant and delivered to the Army Air Force on 4
October 1943, and assigned to the 709th Bomb Squadron, then at Harvard
AAB. She was flown to England as part of the original assignment of
the group to Rattlesden in November 1943.

The origins of the name Schehrazade
are unclear, but it is believed that she carried the name
throughout her service with the group.

Scheherazade,
probably in early April, 1944,
after 19 missions

Combat Missions:

Scheherazade is credited
with flying 126 missions without a single mechanical abort, second
highest in the 447th, after Milk Wagon. To date, we
have been able to identify the 122 missions shown below (compilation
by Mr. Steven Borcherding).

No

Date

Mission/Target

Pilot

1

12/30/43

2/Ludwigshafen,
Germany: chemical plant

Lowry

2

12/31/43

3/Cognac,
France:airfield

MacDonald

3

01/04/44

4/Kiel,Germany:
port

Stenvig

4

01/05/44

5/Bordeaux,France:Merignac
Airfield

MacDonald

5

01/29/44

11/Frankfurt,Germany:
marshalling yards

MacDonald

6

01/30/44

12/Brunswick,Germany:
aircraft plants

MacDonald

7

02/04/44

14/Frankfurt,
Germany

MacDonald

8

02/20/44

20/Rostock,
Germany: airfield

Kreuzer

9

02/24/44

22/Rostock, Germany

Kreuzer

10

02/29/44

25/Brunswick,
Germany: airfield

Nance

11

03/03/44

26/Berlin Germany

Goetz

12

03/06/44

28/Berlin Germany

Perkins

13

03/16/44

34/Augsberg,Germany:
airfield

Sizer

14

03/18/44

35/Munich, Germany

Kreuzer

15

03/20/44

36/Frankfurt,
Germany:propeller plant

Kreuzer

16

03/22/44

37/Oranieburg(Berlin)Germany:
aircraft plant

Tigh

17

03/27/44

40/Merignac,
France: airfield

Kreuzer

18

03/28/44

41/Chartres,
France: airfield

Kreuzer

19

04/01/44

42/Ludwigshafen,
Germany

Kreuzer

20

04/08/44

43/Rheine, Germany:
airfield

Kreuzer

21

04/18/44

48/Berlin, Germany:
electric works

Tigh

22

04/19/44

49/Bremen, Germany:
airfields

Zanoya

23

04/20/44

50/Cherbourg,
France:Noball target

Zanoya

24

04/22/44

51/Hamm, Germany:
marshalling yards

Hofsess

25

04/30/44

57/Clarmont Ferrand,
France: air depot

Voorhees

26

05/01/44

58/France: Noball
target

Moran

27

05/07/44

59/Berlin, Germany:

Moran

28

05/08/44

60/Berlin, Germany

Zanoya

29

05/09/44

61/Laon/Athies,
France:air depot

Zanoya

30

05/11/44

62/Rail yards:
Belgium, Lux., France

Zanoya

31

05/12/44

63/Zwickau,
Germany: air depot

Zanoya

32

05/29/44

73/Liepzig/Germany:
Bf109 plant

Farson

33

05/31/44

75/Germany:
marshalling yards

Larson

34

06/02/44

77/Paris: rail
bridges

Larson

35

06/04/44

80/Versailles:
bridge

Ray

36

06/05/44

81/France: military
target

Ray

37

06/18/44

91/Misburg: oil
refinery

Zanoya

38

06/25/44

99/France:
munitions to French underground

J.M. Philips

39

07/11/44

106/Munich: BMW plant

Lazzarini

40

07/12/44

107/Munich

Lazzarini

41

07/16/44

110/Munich

G. Miller

42

07/20/44

113/Leuna synthetic
oil refinery: Mersberg

Zanoya

43

07/24/44

115/Petiers/St.Lo
area

Zanoya

44

07/25/44

116/Petiers/St. Lo
area

Cook???????

45

07/27/44

117/Ostend,
Belgium: coastal batteries

Zanoya

46

08/04/44

120/Ostend,
Belgium: coastal defenses

Zanoya

47

08/05/44

121/Magdeburg

Fagg

48

08/07/44

122/Anizy le
Chateau, France

Zanoya

49

08/08/44

123/Bretteville sur
Laise, France: Caen

Bloecker

50

08/11/44

125/Belfort,
France: marshalling yards

Skalitsky

51

08/13/44

126/Seine River

Schimandle

52

08/14/44

127/Manheim:
aircraft plant

Skalitsky

53

08/16/44

129/Rositz,
Germany: oil installation

Skalitsky

54

08/25/44

132/Rachlin,
Germany: rocket exp. Station

Martenson

55

08/26/44

133/Brest

Hrabovsky

56

08/27/44

134/Berlin

Hrabovsky

57

08/30/44

135/Bremen

Hrabovsky

58

09/05/44

138/Brest: harbor

Hrabovsky

59

09/13/44

144/Stuttgart: oil
refinery

Hrabovsky

60

09/17/44

145/Arnheim: flak
towers

Dingivan

61

09/19/44

146/West Germany: marshalling yards

Hrabovsky

62

09/22/44

147/Kassel,
Germany: vehicle factory

Hrabovsky

63

10/02/44

152/Kassel: truck
factory

Wessling

64

10/12/44

158/Bremen:
aircraft plant

Cooke

65

10/15/44

160/Cologne,
Germany

D.G. Johnson

66

10/17/44

161/Cologne,
Germany

Polansky

67

10/22/44

164/Munster,
Germany: Rhur valley area

Hrabovsky

68

10/25/44

165/Hamburg/Harburg:
oil plant

Cooke

69

10/26/44

166/Hannover,
Germany: Industrial plant

Cooke

70

10/30/44

167/Merseburg, Germany:

Cooke

71

11/04/44

170/Hamburg/Rhenania:
oil refinery

Clawson

72

11/05/44

171/Ludwigshafen,
Germany: marshalling yards

Cooke

73

11/09/44

173/French/German
border:Transportation target

Horton

74

11/16/44

175/Duren area:
trans targets and gun empl.

Cooke

75

11/21/44

176/West Germany:
oil refinery

Middeleer

76

11/26/44

178/Hamm, Germany:
marshalling yards

Cooke

77

11/27/44

179/Bingen:
marshalling yards

Bounds

78

11/30/44

180/Lutzkendorf,
Germany: oil refinery

Horton

79

12/04/44

181/Mainz, Germany:
marshalling yards

Cooke

80

12/06/44

182/Merseburg, Germany:

Cooke

81

12/10/44

183/Koblenz/Lutzel:
marshalling yards

Cooke

82

12/11/44

184/ Giessen,
Germany: marshalling yards

Schwab

83

12/24/44

188/Babenhausen,
Germany: airfield

Beighley

84

12/28/44

189/Koblenz/Mosel:
marshalling yards

Cooke

85

12/30/44

190/Mannheim,
Germany: marshalling yards

Cooke

86

12/31/44

191/Wenzendorf,
(Hamburg): Stade Airfield

Cooke

87

01/02/45

193/Nalbach (Kaiserlautern)

Cooke

88

01/08/45

198/Frankfurt:
marshalling yards

Graves

89

01/10/45

199/Karlsruhe,
Germany: marshalling yards

Dewey

90

01/14/45

201/Magdeburg,
Germany: oil refinery

Summers

91

01/15/45

202/Augsberg,
Germany: Messerschmitt plant

Bates

92

01/16/45

203/Magdeburg: oil
plant

Cooke

93

01/20/45

204/Heilbronn,
Germany: marshalling yards

Kearney

94

02/01/45

207/Rhine River
rail bridge

Cooke

95

02/03/45

208/Berlin:
Templehof Airport

Thompson

96

02/06/45

209/Bohlen
(Leipzig): oil refinery

Horton

97

02/14/45

211/Rhine River
highway bridge, Wessel

Cooke

98

02/19/45

214/Rail Bridge,
Wessel

Cooke

99

02/20/45

215/Nurnberg,Germany:
marshalling yards

Cooke

100

02/22/45

216/rail yards,
road communications

Dewey

101

02/23/45

217/rail yards,
road communications

Dewey

102

02/24/45

218/Bremen,
Germany: Submarine yards

Dewey

103

02/25/45

219/Neuberg and der Nonau

Dewey

104

02/26/45

220/Berlin/Alexanderplatz
rail station

Dewey

105

02/27/45

221/Liepzig,
Germany: Communications center

Stanley

106

03/01/45

222/Ulm marshalling
yards

Glazener

107

03/02/45

223/ Dresden: oil
refinery

Dewey

108

03/03/45

224/Brunswick:
Bussing Chemical plant

Dewey

109

03/07/45

225/Datten-Emscher
Lippe: Rhur Valley oil refinery

Bland

110

03/09/45

227/Frankfurt:
airfields

Dewey

111

03/31/45

243/Brandenburg:
airfield

Beckwith

112

04/03/45

244/Kiel: submarine
yards

Glazener

113

04/07/45

247/Schwerin:
marshalling yards

Glazener

114

04/08/45

248/Plauen:
marshalling yards

Lehner

115

04/09/45

249/Neuberg:
airfield

Glazener

116

04/10/45

250/Brandenburg/Briest:
airfield

Glazener

117

04/11/45

251/Inglostadt airfield

Van Etten

118

04/14/45

252/Bordeaux/Royan
area, France

Coleman

119

04/15/45

254/Royan area,
France

Boroughs

120

04/19/45

256/Dresden,
Germany

Van Etten

121

04/20/45

257/Neuruppin:
marshalling yards

Broughton

122

04/21/45

258/Inglostadt
airfield

Van Etten

Scheherazade was one of only
three original aircraft of the 447th to survive the war and return to
the US. The plane and her crew chief M/Sgt Kenneth Johnson were
featured as one of the 3rd Air Division's Century Ships in the
29 April 1945 issue of Strikes. In July
1945, she was flown back to the US, and sold to the Reclamation
Finance Corporation for scrap.